Ariel 1 - First British satellite

by: D.Ducros/Novapix
Reference: e-sat01-91102
Date: 2024-01-09

Ariel 1 was the first British-American satellite, and the first satellite in the Ariel programme. Its launch in 1962 made the United Kingdom the third country to operate a satellite, after the Soviet Union and the United States.

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